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E. A. TAFT.

HOSE. No. 417,796. Patented Deo. 24, 1889.

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EDWARD A. Tarif, or nvnssron, ILLINOIS,

HOSE.

SPECIFICATXON forming part et Letters eaten@ No. erf/,wedges December24, ieee.4

Application ledlllovember 22; 1888.-" Serial No.iilllfliljl dienim-lei.)

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Be it known that I, EDWARD A'. TAFT, a citizen of the TJnited States,residing Evans ton, in the county of Cook, State of illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful lmproveenents in Hose, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings;

This invention relates to hose, and Vmore particularly to that class ofheavy hose known as jacketed and double jacket-edf? and employed bylire-departments and other uses wherein a `heavily-construeted or stronghose is required, and through which Water is'forced under high pressure.i.

The novelty resi es in the peculiarities of more fully hereinafterdescribed, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

Referring to the drawings, .Figure l represents a doub1e-jacketed hoseprovided with a Woven covered wire re-enforcingjacket constructed inaccordance with luy invention, the successive layers or jacketscomposing the hose being; removed,- so as to expose the next adjacentlayer.

Fig. 2 is a plan of a small section illustratingthe Wire and cottoninterwoven and forming a composite jacket.

with an intermediate section being taken and Fig. 4 is an enre-enforcingjacket, the on the line :c of Fig. l; larged view showing the of coveredwire andcotton.

Like letters of reference indicate like parte in all the figures of thedrawings.

l A. represents the interior rubber lining of a hose of the classdescribed, and B the adjacent jacket formed of woven cotton, the

latter being 1re-enforced by the wire reeni'orc ing' jacket G, overwhich is superimposed the exterior jacket Vof Woven cotton D. Thestrands of Wire c, forming the jacket C, are covered with any suitablematerial or suhstance c', Winch is impervious and will protect the Wirestrands from moisture that may soak through the' exterior jacketl. Themesh of the wire jacket' is sufficiently large to per l enovelcombinations, alv rangement, and adaptation of. parts, all as ysection of 'a doubleinterwoven strands mit of an easy manipulation ofthe completed hose. fifi In liigfl 'lf-lieve shownthe wire jacket asindependent ci? the cotton jackets, andin Fig. 2 l have illustrated thestrands of Wire and cotton interwoven, forming a composite jacket Vof.greatfstrength and durability. ln the latter instance 'c crepresent thecovered Wire strands, and b.- the cotton strands, the two beinginterwoven in any ordinary manner. This latter forrr'is best adapted forthe singlejacket hose; .but it is apparent that either of the jackets ina double-jacketed hose may be constructed as just described, though itis preferable that the interior or that jacket next to the rubber lininghe thnsconstructed, as the re-,enforciug jacket is better preserved.

jackets lhave been used, the Whole being heated until the. rubloerl ismelted into the meshes of the Wire web; but my Wire-netting dilersessentiallyfrom this construction, in that it is made of Wire previouslywaterproofed, and known ordinarily inthe arts as insulated wirefi y iThe particular kind of covered Wire which I employ and claim is 'that inwhich a Waterproof fihronscoating is Wound around the wire, thussecuring; Waterproofing Without the disadvantage of the adhesion te ceWire of a ru'hbercoat. The diihcuity li lies i always been found withthe latteri its tendeney to hold the Wire so that in. tending it breaksaway from itself at various points, thus breaking or cutting thecoating, `exposing the Wire to moisture.

l am aware that it has been proposed to form hose consisting ofal1-inner rubber cylinder and a layer or layers of cloth; the latterformed` with longitudinal overlapping edges and Wound willi, cord orwire, and. the whole-coated with vulcanized rubber, and do not seek tocover such construction. l deem it important that the strands of theW're and fabric 'jackets B and C he interwoven and covered, as shown,thus protecting the wire strands from moisture that might soak throughthe exterior jacket, and the large meshed interwoven wire, forming. asuperior jacketI allows of ready manipulation` of .the

lI am aware that contiguous ruliber and wire IOO completed hos@J to a,much more satisfactory extent than a spiral-wound wir@ wouid do.

Having described my invention, what l claim is AS mi impi'ove/ii articleof manufacture, the herein-described hose, consisting of the rubbeilining, n superpose@ jaff'kebof Woven fair ric., n composite jacketcompcpsed of fami@ 'iuieiwoveu is'imads :md coated wir@ Strands coveringthe fabric jarfket, and a Canvas 1o Cover, subs'uzmtialy as set forth.

In testimny Whereu. affix my siguzni um in presen@ of wo witnesses.

ED WARE A. TAFTQ Witiesses:

IT. H. C. MILLER, N. C. ii'LLim.

